The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the Cubs 17-8 Friday evening. The Bucs gave up 16 hits in the game which included five home runs. The Pirates will play the Cubs again this afternoon at 2:20 p.m. You can hear coverage of that game on Wisr 680am starting at 1:55 p.m. with the pregame show.

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Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:09:08 +0000http://butlerradio.com/?p=34240215The Butler Radio Network will feature five weekend football games: Friday Night Football: –The undefeated Knoch Knights travel to Highlands. Kick-off is 7pm. WISR pre-game is 6:30pm on 680am and at wisr680.com. –Butler will host Pine-Richland for a 7:30pm kick-off. WBUT pre-game begins at 7:15pm on 1050am and at wbut.com. Also tonight: Seneca Valley will […]

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The Butler Radio Network will feature five weekend football games:

Friday Night Football:
–The undefeated Knoch Knights travel to Highlands. Kick-off is 7pm. WISR pre-game is 6:30pm on 680am and at wisr680.com.
–Butler will host Pine-Richland for a 7:30pm kick-off. WBUT pre-game begins at 7:15pm on 1050am and at wbut.com.

Also tonight: Seneca Valley will visit Mt. Lebanon. Freeport will visit Elizabeth Forward. North Catholic is home to Central Valley. Karns City will host Moniteau. Slippery Rock travels to Sharon. Grove City will visit Brashear. Union/AC Valley will be home to Otto Eldred.

College game Saturday:

–Slippery Rock will host Shippensburg in their home opener at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. Kick-off is 6pm. The Coach Shawn Lutz Show begins at 5:30pm on The Rock Station 97.7fm. The Rock enter the game ranked #11 in the nation. The game will be streamed at 977rocks.com as well as an audio/video feed at rockathletics.com.

–Pitt and Penn State meet for the 100th time in their storied rivalry Saturday for a noon kick-off. Pre-game on WBUT will be 10:30am. It is also the final time the two teams are scheduled to play. Penn State is 2-0 and ranked #13 in the nation. Pitt is 1-1. Penn State leads the all-time series 52-43-4.

–Grove City will host Bethany at 7pm.
–Westminster will host Waynesburg at 1pm.

The Pittsburgh Steelers home opener is Sunday at Heinz Field, when they host the Seattle Seahawks. Kick-off is 1pm. Pre-game begins at noon on WISR 680am.

Isabella Gaydosh of Mars was the consolation winner in the Section-2 3A championship with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Amanda Koren of Moon.

Boys Soccer:
–Butler defeated North Allegheny 3-2. Tyler Gillis, Luke Shook and Evan Fetter were the goal-scorers for Butler. Fetter netted the game-winner with two minutes remaining in the game.
–Seneca Valley defeated Fox Chapel 3-0. Luke Rupert netted a hat trick for the Raiders, who remained unbeaten in section play and improved to 5-1 overall.
–Freeport-11 Derry-1. Hunter Hardin had four goals to led the Yellow Jackets. Isaac Wetzel added a hat trick.
–Pine-Richland over Shaler 4-0.
–Knoch-8 Armstrong-1.
–Mars-6 North Hills-0.
–North Catholic-1 Blackhawk-0.

Girls Soccer:
–Freeport defeated Shaler 4-1 to open section play Thursday. Aleah Parison had two goals for the Yellow Jackets. Sidney Shemanski and Emma Check added the other goals for Freeport. The Yellow Jackets improved to 4-0 this season. They visit Slippery Rock Saturday.

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Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:02:38 +0000http://butlerradio.com/?p=34240175The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-3 last night. Jose Osuna had two hits, both doubles, and drove in three runs to lead the Bucs. Colin Moran and Adam Frazier also had two hits each. Pirates starting pitcher Dario Agrazal allowed just three hits to the Giants, but ran into trouble in the […]

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The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-3 last night. Jose Osuna had two hits, both doubles, and drove in three runs to lead the Bucs. Colin Moran and Adam Frazier also had two hits each. Pirates starting pitcher Dario Agrazal allowed just three hits to the Giants, but ran into trouble in the fifth inning, when the Giants scored three runs. Michael Feliz won the game in relief as five relievers tossed scoreless and hitless ball over the final five innings. Felipe Vazquez earned his 27th save.

The Pirates and Giants complete their four-game series this afternoon at 3:45pm. WISR pre-game is 3:20pm.

With his 37th home run of the season Tuesday in San Francisco, Pirates first baseman Josh Bell has joined Ralph Kiner, Willie Stargell and Brian Giles as the only Pirate sluggers to hit 37 or more round-trippers in a season.

Major League Baseball broke the all-time home run record for a season last night. More than 6,100 home runs have been hit – and there are more than two weeks remaining in this season. This year is the second time more than 6,000 home runs have been hit in the league. Four of the top five years have come since 2016.

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated Miami and the Chicago Cubs lost in San Diego for the second straight night. Both are tied for the final National League Wild Card spot. The Pirates head to Chicago following today’s game.

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Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:59:29 +0000http://butlerradio.com/?p=34240173Veteran driver Paul Menard has announced he will retire from full-time driving at the Nascar Monster Energy Cup Series level at the end of the season. Menard, the 2011 winner of the Brickyard 400, will vacate his seat in the #21 Wood Brothers car, and that ride will be given to Matt DiBennedetto. DiBennedetto has […]

]]>Veteran driver Paul Menard has announced he will retire from full-time driving at the Nascar Monster Energy Cup Series level at the end of the season. Menard, the 2011 winner of the Brickyard 400, will vacate his seat in the #21 Wood Brothers car, and that ride will be given to Matt DiBennedetto. DiBennedetto has had an impressive season with the Levine Family Racing #95 car, but that team chose to move on to Christopher Bell next year. Bell is one of the top talents in the X-finity Series.

The top 16 Nascar drivers begin the 2019 playoffs by putting their best winning manevers on display along the Las Vegas Strip tonight. Nascar will hold their annual America Burnout Boulevard Driven by Goodyear tonight at 7pm and televised on NBCSN. Analysts Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte will judge the best burnouts. The Nascar playoffs begin in Las Vegas with a Sunday night race this weekend. Coverage on WBUT begins at 6pm.

Girls Tennis:
–Butler’s Lexi Chappel defeated Gabby Miller of Hampton 10-6 in the first round of the WPIAL Singles tournament Wednesday. Chappel lost to Isabella Gaydosh of Mars 10-3 in the second round. Jillian Clark of Butler lost to Ella Stokes of Pine-Richland in the first round.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:33:27 +0000http://butlerradio.com/?p=34240149After a tumultuous offseason for former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, he is now facing a lawsuit in federal court accusing him of sexual assault and rape. Brown, who was officially signed by the New England Patriots on Monday, is not currently facing any criminal charges. The civil lawsuit was filed by Britney Taylor, […]

]]>After a tumultuous offseason for former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, he is now facing a lawsuit in federal court accusing him of sexual assault and rape.

Brown, who was officially signed by the New England Patriots on Monday, is not currently facing any criminal charges. The civil lawsuit was filed by Britney Taylor, who allegedly attended college at Central Michigan with Brown and was also employed as Brown’s trainer. Taylor contends that Brown sexually assaulted her three separate times from 2017 to 2018.

Brown’s lawyer, Darren Heitner, issued a statement saying that Brown and Taylor did indeed have a sexual relationship, but denies any wrongdoing on Brown’s behalf.

The New England Patriots have released statement in regards to the recently filed lawsuit against Brown.

“We are aware of the civil lawsuit that was filed earlier today against Antonio Brown, as well as the response by Antonio’s representatives,” the Patriots said. “We take these allegations very seriously. Under no circumstance does this organization condone sexual violence or assault. The league has informed us that they will be investigating. We will have no further comment while that investigation takes place.”

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Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:08:59 +0000http://butlerradio.com/?p=34240109The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 last night. After being limited to one hit by the Giants Johnny Cueto through the first five innings, the Bucs scored four runs in the eighth inning to make the game close. Josh Bell hit his 37th home run of the year. Pirates rookie starter Mitch […]

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The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 last night. After being limited to one hit by the Giants Johnny Cueto through the first five innings, the Bucs scored four runs in the eighth inning to make the game close. Josh Bell hit his 37th home run of the year. Pirates rookie starter Mitch Keller allowed all five of the Giants runs over five innings. He gave up nine hits, did not walk a batter and struck out seven.

The loss was the Bucs 82nd of the season.

The two teams play again tonight at 9:45pm. WISR pre-game is 9:20pm.

Pirate rookies Bryan Reynolds and Kevin Newman was the first rookie teammates in 44 years to both have averages over the .300 mark. The last rookie duo to do that were Boston’s Fred Lynn (.331) and Jim Rice (.309). Only four other players have done that. (Al Dark and Billy Goodwin with Boston in 1948. Dale Alexander and Roy Johnson with Detroit in 1929.

Reynolds had two hits last night and is currently batting .330 – five points behind Washington’s Anthony Rendon. Newman is batting .313 after having a hit in two at-bats last night.

The Pirates have lost reliever Kyle Crick to a finger injury, suffered when he got into a clubhouse altercation with closer Felipe Vazquez Monday. It Is the second time this season Crick has had an incident with a member of the Pirates team. Earlier this summer he had an incident with the Pirates bullpen coach.

Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers suffered a broken knee cap last night in their game against Miami. Yelich fouled a ball off his knee in the first inning, and will be lost for the season. He is the reigning National League Most Valuable Player, and was batting .329 with 44 home runs, 97 RBI’s and had 30 stolen bases.

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Pittsburgh Steelers full-back and special teams captain Roosevelt Nix suffered a knee injury in the loss to New England Sunday, and will miss at least this Sunday’s game. Wide Receiver Juju Smith-Schuster and center Maurkice Pouncey sustained ankle injuries. Linebacker T.J. Watt suffered a hip injury, and cornerback Joe Haden a shoulder injury. Head coach Mike Tomlin is optimistic they will all play Sunday against Seattle.

The Steelers have signed quarterback Devlin Hodges to their practice squad. They have also signed outside linebacker Jayrone Elliott to their 53-man squad. The Steelers lost linebacker Tuzar Skipper, who was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants.

Former Steelers offensive lineman Marcus Gilbert was placed on injured reserve Tuesday by the Arizona Cardinals. Gilbert, who had a history of injuries while with the Steelers, injured his right knee.